2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix - [RACE] discussion thread

ROUND 2: 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia

FORMULA 1 STC SAUDI ARABIAN GRAND PRIX 2024

Circuit stats

First Grand Prix: 2021
Number of laps: 50
Circuit Length: 6.174 km
Race Distance: 308.45 km
Lap record: 1:30.734 Lewis Hamilton (2021)
2023 winner: Sergio Perez

Track Map

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Has someone else noticed that from certain camera angles the colours are off, most visibly on the mclarens?
- Yes, I've noticed that too. Especially when the McLarens and Ferraris are side by side
  
  Edit: think it's just the camera for corners 1 & 2
- Yes this was bugging me too! How strange.
- There is one corner they look rather red.
- NGL I prefer that colour over the papaya
"I hit the wall."
"Can you bring it back?"
"No I hit the ****** wall"
What a snoozefest
- Really? Found it pretty interesting so far. Quite eventful.
  
  Yeah I enjoyed it. Good racing up and down.
Has KMag fucked the stewards' wives?
- Apparently he pissed in their cereal as well
- Didn't Steiner say something about a Viking cum back when he was TP?
Bearman 🐐🐐🐐🐐

He's possibly scored more points today than some drivers will in this entire season.
- I think he'll score more points today than Sargeant over 2 seasons.
Aaaaaand Max already has a gap you could fit half the F2 grid in
And Stroll is in the barriers. First safety car of the season.
- Amateurish from stroll
Fingers crossed for McLaren today!
Two things.

How has Norris not got a penalty yet.

How is Perez not being investigated yet.

Are the stewards asleep¿?
- They're taking really long.
  
  And now there's no jump start penalty for Norris at all
- Perez got noted for unsafe release by stewards.
  
  Edited:Now Norris is being investigated.
- Both under investigation now.
  
  Took their own sweet time
If that Norris start is not a jump start then I don't know what is
- The jump starts are based on telemetry, if he was behind the sensor in his box and moved and was still behind, no jump start. You can technically start moving early, so long as you don't cross the sensor before the lights go out.
  
  I hope this is not going to give others ideas though. Don't want to see the guys line up further back just to try and get more momentum before the lights.
  
  I am aware of this. He moved an awful in the race so I don't get how he didn't cross the sensor. He looked past the white line when the lights went out.
Bearman up to 9th. He's absolutely killing it.

Edit: aw he lost the position

Edit: He got it back 💪
Come on Oscar...
Kick must be kicking themselves now
10s penalty for Magnussen? No penalty for Norris?

Interesting decisions.
McLaren and Mercedes didn't double stack because...........

gambling on another s/c i guess?
- Did they have enough space to double stack without impeding?
  
  i mean, you can slow down the second car before hitting the pits and then crawl in the pit lane, only needs a 5 second gap or so
KMag absolute the train engine
Well, at least we got a new race leader..
Lpine lol
Another disaster pitstop for Kick Sauber..
Well played KMag, well played
Did something happen to Magnusson at the end? I thought I saw him drop about four places in a couple of seconds but no mention of it on the commentary
- He had 20 seconds of penalties so that's probably it.
  
  Oh haha yeah I forgot 😅
Let's see if Bearman can make some early overtakes on those softs
- Nope.
  
  Well. He made some overtakes on the hards at least
What happened with Gasly's car? Missed it.
- Gearbox issue I think
Now Perez has a 5 sec penalty for the unsafe release.

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